Dr. Ogochukwu Okpokwasili
Dr. Ogochukwu Okpokwasili is a LECTURER I in PHILOSOPHY Department, Faculty Of Arts in Nnamdi Azikiwe University
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Staff Profile
My name is Dr.
Ogochukwu Agatha Okpokwasili. I am a Lecturer with the department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. I was the best graduating student of my set (2005/2006) and also NAPS (National Association of Philosophy Students) Departmental Vice President for 2004/2005 SET. I am married with kid's. I have a PhD in Social and Political Philosophy ( Philosophy of Gender Studies).
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Address: | Philosophy, Faculty Of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. |
Faculty/Unit: | FACULTY OF ARTS |
Department/Sub-Unit: | PHILOSOPHY |
Social Profiles
Interest Areas
Academic Qualifications
| Degrees / Basic Certificates | |
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| 1 | NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSIITY, AWKA. (Doctor of Philosophy, October, 2023) October, 2012 to October, 2023 Ph.D In Social And Political Philosophy ( Gender Studies) PHILOSOPHY |
| 2 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. (Master Degree, October, 2010) September, 2021 to April, 2010 M.A Phil African Philosophy |
| 3 | Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. (Bachelor Degree, July, 2006) April, 2002 to July, 2006 B.A Philosophy Philosophy |
| 4 | DEO GRATIS SECONDARY SCHOOL ONITSHA. (SSCE, June, 1997) September, 1991 to June, 1997 SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE |
| 5 | OMAGBA PRIMARY SCHOOL, ONITSHA. (FSLC, September, 1988) April, 1984 to June, 1988 |
Relevant/Working Experience
| 1 | CEP COORDINATOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA January, 2025 to Present |
| 2 | ALUMNI HOMECOMING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA , FACULTY OF ARTS February, 2024 to Present |
| 3 | SECRETARY, IGWEBUIKE RESEARCH INSTITUTE February, 2024 to Present |
| 4 | FACULTY CAREER OFFICER 11 (DEPUTY CORDINATOR CDS FACULTY OF ARTS), NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR COUNSELING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT.SITY AWKA January, 2024 to Present |
| 5 | Lecturer 1, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA October, 2023 to Present |
| 6 | BOARD MEMBER', ESSENCE JOURNAL March, 2023 to Present |
| 7 | Managing Editor, ESSENCE JOURNAL March, 2023 to Present |
| 8 | FOUNDER/CONVERNER, IMPACTING LIVES THROUGH SISTERHOOD (ILTS) October, 2022 to Present |
| 9 | LECTURER 11, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA September, 2020 to Present |
| 10 | ASSISTANT LECTURER, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA February, 2019 to March, 2020 |
Creative Output
| Book Chapters | |
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| 1 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, May) THEORIES OF KNOWLEDGE , pp 210-237 |
| 2 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, May) CHAPTER TWO OF BASIC PHILOSOPHY AND LOGIC TEXTBOOK FOR THE SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY , AWKA SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES, NAU. |
| 3 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, April) HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA, pp 22-31 |
| 4 | Chris Abakere, Ogochukwu Okpokwasili. (2019, March) Chapter Five Of GS 103 Basic Philosophy And Logic Text Book UNIVERSITY |
| Journal Articles | |
| 1 | IGNATIUS NNAEMEKA ONWUATUEGWU PHD, OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI PHD. (2024, March), "BEYOND CONSENT: RETHINKING ROUSSEAU FOR A NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY", ESTAGA: A JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 12-22 |
| 2 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2024, February), "A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO INTERSECTIONALITY AND WOMEN'S SEXUALITY", UNIVERSAL LIBRARY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, (Issue 1), pp 17-24, 1 |
| 3 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2024, January), "FEMINIST ETHICS: A FRAMEWORK FOR GENDER JUSTICE", NNADIEBUBE JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 15-26 |
| 4 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI; MADUABUCHI DUKOR. (2024, January), "CONTEXTUALIZING GENDER ETHNIC AND CLASS DIVISION IN THE 21st CENTURY", ESSENCE: Interdisciplinary International Journal of Concerned African Philosophers, Vol. 12, (Issue 1), pp 1-13 |
| 5 | IGNATIUS NNAEMEKA ONWUATUEGWU, OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2024, March), "BEYOND CONSENT: RETHINKING ROUSSEAU FOR A NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY", ESTAGA: A JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 12-22 |
| 6 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI ; IGNATIUS ONWUATUEGWU. (2024, February), "GENDER DYNAMICS IN THE IGBO APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM: EXPLORING WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA", AQUINO JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, Vol. 4, (Issue 1), pp 122-138 |
| 7 | Ogochukwu Agatha Okpokwasili, PhD. (2024, May), "BELL HOOKS’ CONCEPTUALIZATION OF INTERSECTIONALITY AND THE PROBLEM OF GENDER RELATION IN NIGERIA", Nnadiebube Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 7, (Issue 2), pp 153-171 |
| 8 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, October), "REDEFINING GENDER THROUGH LANGUAGE: THE PHILOSOPHICAL WISDOM OF JUDITH BUTLER", NNADIEBUBE JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE, Vol. 1, (Issue 1), pp 44-57 |
| 9 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI, IGNATIUS NNAEMEKA ONWUATUEGWU. (2023, August), "ONLINE PREDATORS: PROTECTING TEENAGERS FROM INTERNET SEXUAL EXPLOITATION", INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN SCIENCE AND RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 23, (Issue 1), pp 324-334 |
| 10 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI , IKEA CHIDIMMA S. (2023, July), "A FEMINIST INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER RELATION IN NIGERIA", NNADIEBUBE JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, Vol. 6, (Issue 1), pp 97-112 |
| 11 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, May), "SISTERHOOD: A FEMINIST APPROACH TO AFRICAN'S IGWEBUIKE", POPE JOHN PAUL 11 JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, Vol. 2, (Issue 1), pp 168-189 |
| 12 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, June), "A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE ON THE IMPACT OF FEMINISM ON AFRICAN WOMEN", ODEZURUIGBO:AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IGBO, AFRICAN AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES, Vol. 7, (Issue 1), pp 93-101, ISSN 0672-4243 |
| 13 | Chidiebere Obi; Ogochukwu A Okpokwasili. (2023, October), "Ethical Foundation of Legal Provisions of Self Defense in Nigeria", UJAH, Vol. 24, (Issue 1), pp 62-82 |
| 14 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI $ PROF MMADUABUCHI DUKOR. (2023, June), "THE INTERSECTIONALITY OF CULTURE IN GENDER RELATION", Nigerian Journal of African Studies ( NJAS), Vol. 5, (Issue 2), pp 52-69 |
| 15 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI , IKECHUKWU BARTHLOMEOW EKEMEZIE. (2023, July), "GENDERERD MEDIA COVERAGE: EXAMINING THE PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE POLITICIANS IN NIGERIA", IGIRIGI A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN STUDIES, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 98-108 |
| 16 | ONWUATUEGWU I.N, OKPOKWASILI O.A, EMEDO C.C. (2023, August), "THE CIRCULARITY PRINCIPLE IN IGBO-AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD MORAL LIFE", NNADIEBUBE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 80-89 |
| 17 | ONWUATUEGWU I.N, EMEDO C.C, OKPOKWASILI O.A. (2023, August), "THE PRECARIOUS PATH: LIBERALISM'S ROLE IN NAVIGATING HUMANITY'S PERILOUS HORIZON", NNADIEBUBE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, Vol. 3, (Issue 1), pp 33-42 |
| 18 | Ogochukwu Agatha Okpokwasili. (2023, April), "An analysis of Bell hooks concept of feminist consciousness:an imperative to gender war", Interdisciplinary Journal of African & Asian Studies (Ijaas), Vol. 9, (Issue 1), pp 31-43 |
| 19 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2022, October), "NUDITY, WOMEN AND MORALITY IN A CONTEMPORARY NIGERIAN SOCIETY: A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE", NNADIEBUBE JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, Vol. 5, (Issue 1), pp 152-165 |
| 20 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2022, March), "FUTURE WORLD AND THE INTERCULTURAL INFLUENCE ON GENDER ROLES IN AFRICA: A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE", THOUGHT AND ACTION JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY, Vol. 1, (Issue 2), pp 139-148 |
| 21 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2022, October), "A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS OF GENDER ISSUES IN AFRICAN CULTURE", Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 13, (Issue 1), pp 64-75 |
| 22 | KELECHI EZEANI, OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2021, December), "A PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE QUESTION OF AFRICAN IDENTITY AND THE WAY FORWARD IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA", SAPIENTIAL GLOBAL JOURNAL OF ARTS HUMANITIES AND DEVELOPMENT, Vol. 4, (Issue 4), pp 121-127 |
| 23 | MULUMBA OBIAJULU, OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2019, September), "CRITIQUE OF IGBO AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY OF EXPEDIENCY", INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN & ASIAN STUDIES I, Vol. 5, (Issue 1), pp 1-7 |
| 24 | Kelechi Ezeani, Ogochukwu Okpokwasili. (2019, July), "A Philosophical Inquiry Into The Non Violence Principal And Peace In The World", Nigerian Journal of African Studies |
| Thesis | |
| 1 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2010, February), "THE FAMILY AS THE FOUNDATION OF AFRICAN COMMUNALISM: A CASE STUDY OF THE IGBO". |
| Dissertations | |
| 1 | Okpokwasili Ogochukwu Agatha. (2023, October), "bell hooks' Conceptualization of intersectionality and the Problem of Gender Relation in Nigeria: A Hermeneutic Study". |
| Conference Papers | |
| 1 | OGOCHUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, May), "THE MORAL IMPLICATION OF HOMOSEXUALS(LGBT) IN AFRICAN CULTURE", |
| 2 | OGOCHUUKWU AGATHA OKPOKWASILI. (2023, May), "SISTERHOOD: A FEMINIST APPROACH TO AFRICAN’S IGWEBUIKE by", |
| 3 | Chidiebere Obi; Ogochukwu A Okpokwasili. (2023, October), "INTERSECTIONALITY AND NATION BUILDING: A HERMENEUTIC APPROACH TO GENDER RELATED MARGINALIZATION IN NIGERIA", |
Academic Leadership Qualities
| Editorships | |
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| 1 | Editor, "IGWEBUIKE AN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES" (January, 2025) |
| 2 | Editor, "https://acjol.org/index.php/proceedings/issue/view/451" (August, 2024) |
| 3 | Editor, "ESTAGA JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES" (April, 2023) |
| 4 | Editor, "NNADIEBUBE JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES" (February, 2023) |
| Accreditation Panel Memberships | |
| 1 | APPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER ACCREDITATION COMMITEE, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (June, 2021) |
| Contributions to the University/Society | |
| 1 | CEP COORDINATOR, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (January, 2025) |
| 2 | CEP COORDINATOR, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (October, 2024) |
| 3 | FACULTY OF ARTS CAREER OFFICER 11 ( DEPUTY CORDINATOR CDS), "FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSIITY AWKA" (January, 2024) |
| 4 | CHAIRMAN, ALUMNI HOMECOMING COMMITTEE, "NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA, FACULTY OF ARTS" (February, 2024) |
| 5 | SECRETARY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, "ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSIITY AWKA" (February, 2024) |
| 6 | TREASURER, "SOLUTION LADIES MOVEMENT" (February, 2024) |
| 7 | PRO, "THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF AFRICAN STUDIES ( APAS)" (May, 2024) |
| 8 | APPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER, ALUMNI HOME COMING COMMITTEE, "ALUMNI HOMECOMING COMMITEE FACULTY OF ARTS, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (June, 2023) |
| 9 | COLLATION OFFICER FOR HOA ELECTIONS, "INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION" (March, 2023 to March, 2023) |
| 10 | COLLATION OFFICER FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, "INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION" (February, 2023 to February, 2023) |
| 11 | DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE, "NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA, QUALITY ASSURANCE COMMITEE" (June, 2023) |
| 12 | MEMBER, "SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (May, 2023) |
| 13 | SECRETARY ACADEMICS SERVICES COMMITTEE, "ACADEMIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (May, 2023) |
| 14 | APPOINTMENT AS YEAR 3 ACADEMIC ADVICER, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (October, 2022 to May, 2023) |
| 15 | GST LECTURER, "SCHOOL OF GENERAL STUDIES" (February, 2022) |
| 16 | CHAIRPERSON, DEPARTMENTAL ENTANGLEMENT AFFAIRS WELFARE COMMITTEE, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (October, 2022 to May, 2023) |
| 17 | APPOINTMENT AS A MEMBER CURRICULUM COMMITTEE, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (March, 2021 to February, 2022) |
| 18 | MEMBER UNESCO WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY COMMITTEE, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (June, 2021 to December, 2021) |
| 19 | CEP SECRETARY, "DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA" (June, 2020 to June, 2022) |
Membership of Professional/Relevant Bodies
| 1 | Full Member, ""Association for the Promoting of African studies (APAS)"" - apas.africa/members/list.pdf (member since 2023), https://www.apas.africa/members/list.pdf |
| 2 | Full Member, ""ASSOCIATION OF PHILOSOPHY PROFESSIONALS OF NIGERIA"" - appon.africa/members/list.pdf (member since 2019), https://www.pan-edu.org/ |
Relevant Events Attended
| Conferences | |
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| 1 | "ARTS AND THE ART OF NATION BUILDING", (Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. FACULTY OF ARTS), 20th October, 2023 to 20th October, 2023; ASUU SECRETARIAT, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA |
| 2 | "EMERGENT INTERCULTURAL REALITIES IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA", (CENTER FOR ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA.), 27th July, 2023 to 28th July, 2023; PHYSICAL |
| 3 | "AFRICA IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY:LANDMARK ACHIEVEMENTS,SETBACKS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT", (THE ASSOCIATION OF THE PROMOTION OF AFRICAN STUDIES(APAS)), 24th May, 2023 to 27th May, 2023; UNIVERSITY OF NIGERA NSUKKA |
| 4 | "POPE JOHN PAUL 11 AND THE LEGACY OF DECOLONIZATION", (POPE JOHN PAUL SEMINARY, OKPUNO), 4th May, 2023 to 4th May, 2023; OKPUNO ANAMBRA STATE |
| 5 | "FACULTY OF ARTS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE", (Faculty of Arts Unizik), 24th October, 2019 to 31st August, 2021; UNZIK AWKA", (NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA, FACULTY OF ARTS), 24th October, 2019 to 24th October, 2019; PHYSICAL |
| 6 | "2019 NIGERIAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE", (NIGERIAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION (NPA)), 16th October, 2019 to 23rd November, 2022; PHYSICAL |
| 7 | "Philosophy and State of the Nigerian nation:The fears, The tears and The Truimph", (NIGERIAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION (NPA)), 16th October, 2019 to 16th October, 2019; PHYSICAL |
| 8 | "2021 National Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Association of Philosophy Professionals of Nigeria", (ASSOCIATION OF PHILOSOPHY PROFESSIONALS OF NIGERIA (APPON)), 28th October, 2021 to 28th October, 2021; Benin", (APPON ( ASSOCIATION OF PHILOSOPHY PROFESSIONAL OF NIGERIA)), ONLINE PRESENTATION |
| Workshops | |
| 1 | "CAREER DEVELOPMENT SKILL TRAINING", (GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING UNIT NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY AWKA), 18th October, 2021 to 18th October, 2021; Physical |
| 2 | "UNESCO WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY", (Department of Philosophy, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka), Physical |
| 3 | "On-Line Teaching and Examination"20th July, 2023 to 20th July, 2023, (Sandwich), ; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka", (SANDWICH PROGRAMME), PHYSICAL |